1. Robert College found ) in Istanbul Turkey, by Cyrus Hamlin, an educator and Christopher Robert, a well-known
philanthropist. Hamlin be ) an interesting man because he be ) also an inventor, technician, architect and builder. Robert be ) a wealthy merchant from new York. meet ) in Istanbul 1856 during the Crimean war. As Robert’s steam boat pull ) into the Port of Istanbul, he notice ) a boat full of delicious looking white bread. He want ) to know what it be) and he find ) out that this bread bake ) by Hamlin for the wounded British soldiers who were then kept in the Selimiye Barracks near Uskudar.decide ) to open a college for students of all races, nationalities and religions. After Hamlin consider ) several possible places, he finally find ) what he thought was the ideal location for the college. It was a piece of land with a stone quarry. It belong ) to Ahmet Vefik Pasa. The same quarry use ) by Fatih Sultan Mehmet when he build ) his fortress, Rumeli Hisari, on the European shore of the Bosphorus in 1453. This blue limestone use ) for all the college buildings constructed until the First World War.need ) the permission of the Sultan, and he also know ) that it would take a long time. Therefore, he rent ) a building in Bebek, and Robert College open ) its doors in 1863. When Hamlin buy ) the land from Ahmet Vefik Pasa and the Sultan give ) his permission to start the college, Hamlin start ) to build Hamlin Hall in 1869. They complete ) Hamlin Hall in 1871. The second building constructed on the College property was the residence built by Professor Van Milligen in 1881. Kennedy Lodge build ) in 1891. The presidents of the College live ) in Kennedy Lodge until 1971. Today, the ground floor is used as dining room for teachers, the upper floors as a guesthouse.complete ) in 1892. One of the five most famous organs of the world is housed in the auditorium of this building. Another building, Dodge Gymnasium, be ) the first modern gymnasium in Europe in those years and have ) the only indoor running track in Turkey. The first basketball game play ) here in 1908.